Hunting the Texas way!

I am suppose to be studying for my Systems 1 test tomorrow, but this is more fun than learning schematics of hydraulic lines...plus, you all will love this story.

In Texas, they hunt a little different than we do back home. Right now everyone is gearing up for the big hunting season. The locals are scurrying around buying camo gear, guns, ammo, and...DEER CORN. Yep, the got to stalk their feeders now, so the deer will be there on opening day. Then all they have to do is be real sneaky and sit in their perch and wait for the deer to feed a few feet away. Below is a couple pictures.

This picture is harder to see, but it is just to the left of the blurred sign.

Some don't even bother with these air conditioned units, they just put the feeder by their deck. One local tells me he gets his "limit" each year from his deck. But, due to the physical exhaustion of hunting from a perch or deck, everyone here has what they call "Gators." Basically, they are a cross between a four wheeler and golf cart, that have a little bed so they can go pick up their adventurous kills.

Every where down here is selling deer corn and these perches, it is crazy. Guys are in camo setting these up along the roads on property that they rent, just so they can wrestle down a deer that wouldn't stand up to a Great Dane.

Anyway, just an interesting thing down here. I really want to take a local back to Idaho and show them what walking or at least going outside of city limits to hunt is like. They would definitely make Cabella's pretty useless...not like they need calls, camo, gear, etc. Just a pair of slippers and a gun, although they are probably pretty perturbed about having to set their coffee down and missing 15 minutes of Good Morning America.